STEYN WARNS OF GROWING ISLAMIC CONCERNS: The parking lot was jammed full and cars were lined up and down Central Street last Wednesday night at Ahavath Torah Congregation in Stoughton to see a man who has written international best-sellers and is a regular substitute host for radio's legendary Rush Limbaugh. Mark Steyn packed them in and did not disappoint with his talk, "My Dagestani Brother's Keeper: Jihad, Welfare and the Western Death Wish."
Rabbi Jonathan Hausman spoke first, saying, "People like Mark Steyn are doing their best to protect the freedom we enjoy in this country." Hausman, who said he was a co-founder of Z Street, mentioned that this particular Jewish organization is the first 401(C)3 to sue the IRS over their recent scandal.
Conservative, Tea Party and Pro-Israel organizations were targeted by the IRS, and their applications for non-profit status were held up. Hausman said that the trial is scheduled for early July. Hausman also revealed that Colonel Allen West would be speaking at the Temple in mid-August as another in an amazing series in the Hausman Memorial Speakers Series Presentations.
Hausman then introduced talk show host Michael Graham, who can be heard on the New England Radio Network, including locally on 1460 AM out of Brockton, from noon to 3 p.m.
Graham said that one of the reasons why the IRS scandal has become such a big issue in America is that "the left thought no one would stand up and fight." He added, "I'm an apocalyptic optimist. Steyn is an apocalyptic pessimist."
Steyn came on strong from his opening words: "Some of the wimpiest guys I have ever met are Rabbis in Canada, the United Kingdom, France and all over Europe. Not Rabbi Hausman. When the FBI told him to stop some of these kinds of talks, he refused. He should. The right of free speech should trump the worry of people offended by it. For every FBI agent who knocks on doors, there are thousands who fear that knock. In Britain, Muslims slaughtered a soldier and the British government acted by arresting people for offensive Tweets."
Steyn then took aim at President Obama, saying, "He claimed his religious belief is that he's 'his brother's keeper'. Of course, his brother is living in Kenya on 12 dollars a year. You'd think he could drop a twenty on the guy and let him live it up."
Steyn then spoke about the Boston Marathon bombings, something close to home for all those attending.
"Everything changed for all the bombing victims because a Dagestani family came to Cambridge." He added further, "You can predict how a Muslim will apply to their host country. His western friends will be stunned because he was a nice guy. They will ask what could have motivated him. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg thought the Times Square bomber was having a problem with health care. Turns out, Faisal Shahzad was the first sub prime mortgage jihadist...And, America's Homeland Security Director, 'Janet Incompetento' [Janet Napolitano] said all jihardists are lone wolves...Anything so they can still continue to maintain that Al-Quida is defeated, even terming a terrorist shooting "workplace violence" in the case of Ft. Hood."
Added Steyn, "Most countries have one anti-terrorism task force. The USA has two that pay absolutely no attention to actual jihardists. They are alerted and ignore the alerts. These terrorists are known to the FBI and MI-6 in the UK. Imagine the ones they don't know! The MA government vetoed disallowing welfare money to be spent for tattoos and strippers. It appears they instead pay bombers for terrorism with their welfare. The killers in England were on welfare in London. The EBT card is really an EJ(ihad)T card. All the stories are different, but they are the same."
He continued, "Europe is being overwhelmed by immigrants collecting welfare. Two of three French Imams are on the dole. Imagine if 70% of Rabbis were on welfare in the USA? One delusion follows another."
"1 in 10 men under 21 in England are Muslims. Due to higher birth rates, Muslims will catch up in 2 generations. That's without immigration. This is not a gradual shift, but the most massive shift in history. A majority of Austrians will be Muslims by the end of the century," he added.
Steyn spoke about the changes because of this shift. "People change their opinions fast. Female Genital Mutilation is designed to block women's sexual pleasure. The American pediatric group came out against it in 1998. In 2010, because of political pressure from Muslim groups, they softened their stance to call it Female Genital Cuts, so as not to offend."
He warned of what has happened in Europe and is heading to American shores: "From Jews to gays to women - keep your head down and covered. It is not safe for a Jew to walk around in the city in France with anything identifying them as such. They are mercilessly beaten."
Steyn spoke of the security system in the USA. As a European from a friendly country (England), Steyn must fill out the standard form every time he comes to this country. Here's how he describes this form: "Dumb questions are asked by immigration every time I come here. These are the REAL questions. It's not a joke. Oh, well, it's not supposed to be. The first question is: Do you have Syphilis, Gonorrhea or Leprosy? The second question is: Do you have a mental disorder? The third: Are you seeking entry to engage in criminal and immoral behavior? And, the final two-part question: Have you ever been or are you now involved in espionage, terrorism or genocide? Were you involved with Nazi Germany or its allies?"
After telling the crowd that he can't imagine anyone answering "yes" to any of the questions, he wondered aloud if there was a facility (perhaps next to the IRS building in Ohio) with millions of forms piled up with all 'no's' on them.
He said, "Why can't they ask questions that matter? What benefit was it to the USA to take in this Dagestani family? Successful terrorists don't hijack planes, they hijack debate. The U.S. and Great Britain are fighting a War on Terror. But, our leaders sound like battered wives. Islam shall dominate and everyone else must submit. We need to fight ideologically or we will surely lose."
Steyn's book America Alone: The End Of The World As We Know It was a New York Times bestseller. His battles with the Canada Human Rights Commission are legendary and are explained in his book Lights Out: Islam, Free Speech And The Twilight Of The West.
He is a visiting fellow of Hillsdale College ; and a popular guest host of The Rush Limbaugh Program, and Hannity. In addition, his writing on politics, arts and culture can be read each week throughout much of the English-speaking world.
His books were a tremendous seller on Wednesday, as a line stretched out around the main function room, and folks waited up to an hour for an autograph and quick conversation.
Ahavath Torah Congregation is hosting another leading international human rights activist on June 17, starting at 7:30 p.m. Elisabeth Sabaditsch Wolff will present "Death Can Be Silent--The Present State of Free Speech in the U.S., Europe and Beyond." Wolff is an Austrian human rights and anti-jihad activist, who was charged (and convicted) of "hate speech" for her statements on Islam, particularly their marriages of children.
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